Understanding the Victorians Politics, Culture and Society in Nineteenth-Century Britain

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Description: The Victorian era was a time of dramatic change. During this period Britain ruled the largest empire on earth, witnessed the expansion of democracy, and developed universal education and mass print culture. Both its imperial might and the fact thatMore...

The Victorian era was a time of dramatic change. During this period Britain ruled the largest empire on earth, witnessed the expansion of democracy, and developed universal education and mass print culture. Both its imperial might and the fact that it had industrialised and urbanised decades before any other nation allowed it to dominate world politics and culture in many ways for the better part of the nineteenth century. Understanding the Victorianspaints a vivid portrait of the era, combines broad survey with close analysis, and introduces students to the critical debates taking place among historians today. It emphasises class, gender, and racial and imperial positioning as constitutive of human relations, including the social, economic, cultural, political, and legal. Starting with the Queen Caroline Affair in 1820 and coming right up to the start of World War I in 1914, Steinbach thematic chapters take in, amongst other things, the economy, gender, religion, the history of science and ideas, material culture and sexuality. With a clear introduction outlining the key themes of the period, including the issue of periodization, and with chronologies and suggestions for further reading, this is the ideal companion for all students of the nineteenth century.

List of Figures

Timeline

Acknowledgements

"Playing on the Piano-forte": Introduction

A "Green and Pleasant Land" of Cities and Slums: Space

"Discussions on the Subject of Reform": Politics

Ruling the World: Imperialism

Wealth and Poverty, Growth and Slumps: The Economy

"Bristling with Shops": Consumption

"Born into the Lower-Upper-Middle": Class

"A Common Cause with All the Females in This Kingdom": Gender

A "Dignified Part": Monarchy

"The Court Was Crowded All Day": Law

"Good, Murderous Melodramas": Arts and Entertainment

Marriage, Free Love, and "Unnatural Crimes": Sexuality

"Begin and End with the Church Whatever You Do Between-Whiles": Religion

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